Review Questions

Answer the following questions, and then refer to Appendix B, “Answers to Review Questions,” for the answers.

1:For each of the fields in the following table, give the field's length and indicate whether it is used in the IPv4 header or IPv6 header.
FieldLength in BitsIPv4 HeaderIPv6 Header
Type of Service   
Identification   
Version   
Time to live   
Header checksum   
Header length   
Traffic Class   
Total Length   
Flow Label   
Flags   
Padding   
Extension header   
Payload Length   
Protocol Number   
Hop Limit   
Source Address   
Destination Address   
Options   
Next Header   
Fragment Offset   
2:List the fields removed from the IPv4 header.
3:What new field is added in the IPv6 header?
4:Describe the use of the Next Header field in the ...

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